Napoleon Quotes

Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

There are only two forces that unite men — fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.

Damn sugar, damn coffee, damn colonies!

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Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.

I see that everybody has lost their head since the infamous capitulation of Bailén. I realise that I must go there myself to get the machine working again.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Quant à moi, je ne vois pas dans la religion le mystère de l'incarnation, mais le mystère de l'ordre social; elle rattache au ciel une idée d'égalité qui empêche que le riche ne soit massacré par le pauvre. La religion est encore une sorte d'inoculation ou de vaccine qui, en satisfaisant notre amour du merveilleux, nous garantit des charlatans et des sorciers: les prêtres valent mieux que les Cagliostro, les Kant et tous les rêveurs d'Allemagne.

You can ask me for anything you like, except time

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

I have fought sixty battles and I have learned nothing which I did not know at the beginning.

In love the only safety is in flight.

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

I have destroyed the Austrian army by simply marching